- Amos L. Allen
Amos Lawrence Allen (
March 17 ,1837 –February 20 ,1911 ) was a U.S. Representative fromMaine .Born in
Waterboro, Maine , Allen attended the common schools, Whitestown Seminary,Whitestown, New York , and was graduated fromBowdoin College ,Brunswick, Maine , in 1860. He studied law at Columbian Law School, Washington, D.C.. He was admitted to the bar of York County in 1866 but never practiced. He served as a clerk in theUnited States Treasury Department from 1867 to 1870.Allen was elected clerk of the courts for
York County, Maine , in 1870, reelected three times, and served untilJanuary 1 ,1883 . He served as member of the State house of representatives in 1886 and 1887. He was private secretary to Speaker Thomas B. Reed in the Fifty-first, Fifty-fourth, and Fifty-fifth Congresses. He served as delegate at large to theRepublican National Convention atSt. Louis in 1896.Allen was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-sixth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Thomas B. Reed. He was reelected to the Fifty-seventh and to the four succeeding Congresses and served from
November 6 ,1899 , until his death inWashington, D.C. ,February 20 ,1911 . He was interred in Evergreen Cemetery,Alfred, Maine .External links
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